When an earthquake occurred on Sept. 24 in the waters near Torishima island, it set off a sense of urgency at the Japan Meteorological Agency office in Tokyo, nearly 600 kilometers north.

The incident is the latest between China and Japan around disputed islands in the East China Sea. A China coastguard vessel sails near a Japan coastguard vessel off one of the disputed islands ...

Cloudy with a high of 74 °F (23.3 °C) and a 32% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 5 to 9 mph (8 to 14.5 kph). Night - Cloudy. Winds from ENE to NE at 6 to 9 mph (9.7 to 14.5 kph). The ...

Japan's coast guard says Chinese coast guard vessels entered its territorial waters around contested islands which Japan administers and calls Senkaku. China and Taiwan also claim the uninhabited ...

The uninhabited islands — known as the Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan — are claimed by Beijing but administered by Tokyo and are a frequent hotspot in bilateral tensions. Liu Dejun, a ...

About 600 troops are being posted to Ishigaki, one of Japan’s most southern inhabited islands. Also deployed are cutting-edge guided-missile batteries intended to stop threats approaching by sea ...

Japan’s Biggest Base Pay Rise in 31 Years Keeps BOJ on Track Real wages fell for a second month even as price growth slowed Data confirm wage growth momentum largely holding steady ...

A second, more powerful quake rocked southern Cuba on Sunday, U.S. geologists said, shortly after a first shallow tremor that ...

A 2023 fling was so memorable that a French mayor is asking for a long-distance relationship with the District of Hope. But the BC municipality needs time to work on itself. Last month, Eric ...

A strong earthquake hit off the West Coast of the United States on Wednesday, geologists said, but no tsunami alert was ...

(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A close aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin visited one of several Russian-held, Japan-claimed islands earlier this month for a vacation, a source in Russian's ...